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Binance appoints new head of Australia

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUL 2025
... more across the international market. Notably, he has worked with various regulators, including APRA, RBA, AUSTRAC and the ACCC. Aside from his role at the cryptocurrency platform, Poblocki is simultaneously the co-founder of Swarmer, an equity crowdfunding ...

New ACCC chief named

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2025
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has appointed Sarah Proudfoot as chief executive. Despite also conducting an external search, Proudfoot started with the ACCC in 2005 when she joined the agency's Infocentre. She has since held ...

New tax cuts for every Australian 'a complete joke': UNSW

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2025
... be using the "powers and penalties" available to energy regulators and the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) to help ensure "energy companies offer customers cheaper deals." Chalmers, in rolling out what he called a "substantial reform ...

ASIC names new chief executive

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2025
... a chief executive, following Warren Day's abrupt exit in June last year. Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) chief executive Scott Gregson will join ASIC on March 29 to replace the current interim chief executive Greg Yanco, who is ...

New tool will streamline regulation: Chalmers

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2024
... sequencing and implementation of reforms. The RIG houses a forward program of key initiatives from agencies including ASIC, APRA, ACCC, RBA, ATO, AUSTRAC and ASFA. "It will particularly support smaller financial sector businesses navigate upcoming changes ...

M&A and IPO the 'gamechangers' for 2025: Expert

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2024
... November 28, coming into effect from 1 January 2026, but according to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), it will also allow for "merger parties to start using the new merger regime on a voluntary basis from July 1 2025." McLean ...

Payton Capital eyes 'extensive growth', hires four

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2024
The real estate fund manager is extending its footprint, establishing a presence in Perth and adding a second Queensland office. Payton Capital has opened an office in Perth and another in the Gold Coast, also announcing four appointees to take the ...

ACCC urges parliament to pass new merger laws

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 4 NOV 2024
ACCC chair Gina Cass-Gottlieb has told the Gilbert and Tobin Financial Services Forum that the ACCC has been advocating for reforms to merger control in Australia for years and urged the government to pass the reforms. "These reforms are particularly ...

ACCC approves Lendlease, Stockland property deal

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2024
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) won't block Stockland and Thai property developer Supalai's plan to acquire 12 of Lendlease's 16 residential community projects, but there are strings attached. The masterplanned communities ...

Consultation begins on new merger notification thresholds

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 2 SEP 2024
... boost competition and productivity. Treasurer Jim Chalmers said in a joint statement said that they're designed to ensure the ACCC is informed of mergers most likely to be anti-competitive, while minimising the overall compliance burden on businesses. ...